Archive: May 2009
This is an unexpected breakthrough – an open admission from a Pharma insider that the swine flu epidemic may have originated in a “laboratory escape.” Human “error” may be too kind – but this development could at least put an end to the insidious impugning of innocent hog farmers, who’ve been blamed for the outbreak despite a clean bill of
CIA Has Record of Lying to Top Officials, Says Presidential Historian (Excerpt)PRNewsChannel – May 18, 2009 ” … First, President Bill Clinton appointed a special committee to review CIA files on the shooting of JFK but the committee never got all of the documents it requested. Only after President Clinton left office did intelligence officials admit to omitting some important documents. [Presidential historian Tim] Miller cites this omission as a clear motive by the CIA to mislead even the highest levels of government. … “ http://www.prnewschannel.com/absolutenm/templates/?a=1400&z=4
By Linda Shortwww.centredaily.comMay. 31, 2009 In the time after the failed Munich Beer Hall putsch, his short-lived imprisonment, and the writing and publication of Mein Kampf, but before his appointment as chancellor of Germany, Adolf Hitler was summoned as a prosecution witness by lawyer Hans Litten in the trial of four storm troopers. The storm troopers were charged with attempted
Comment from AdamS, who takes issue with this sentence: ” … the Fed isn’t printing money, as we, and others, keep saying. … “ AdamS: “Rubbish. Do you dispute that the bailout was over ten trillion dollars in newly created money lent out at interest?” Yes, I do. This is a distortion (setting aside the fact that the function of
As I’ve reported elsewhere, Michael Jeffery, Jimi’s manager, was an agent of British intelligence – a fact that the press has long ignored, and still does – with Mafia ties. After the body was found, Jeffery appeared to acquaintances to be suffering from guilt. The press reported for years that Jimi died from a “heroin overdose” (there was no
By Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. May 23, 2009: Turns out it is really the handiwork of a creepy FBI informant. The story strengthens the narrative that the “homeland” is under attack. It’s not. …
“You will learn more about language than you ever thought was possible. Language isn’t just words, words also carry meanings which are often subconscious. It is a phenomenon known as ‘framing.’ How it works is that when something is repeated often enough in a cultural setting, simply hearing those words brings to mind the specific framework that the
By Karen FreifeldJune 1, 2009 May 14 (Bloomberg) — Carlyle Group agreed to end “pay to play” tactics in its public pension fund business and pay $20 million to resolve a corruption probe by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Under the agreement, Carlyle will adopt new a public pension fund “code of conduct,” which bans investment firms from using
” … The author … had been a cook, a spy, an Oxford dropout, savior of ‘Masterpiece Theatre’ and chairman of the United Negro College Fund. … “ TITLE: “King of Madison Avenue: David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising”AUTHOR: Kenneth RomanPUBLISHER: Palmave MacmillanPRICE: $27.95PAGES: 304 By Richard Pachter http://www.mercurynews.com/books/ci_1179215003/01/2009 For anyone serious about the craft of advertising, several
One of the first targets is 200 state parks, already causing a public outcry as summer approaches. By Daniel B. Woodfeatures.csmonitor.comMay 30, 2009 LOS ANGELES – Before this state’s May 19 vote on five initiatives intended to solve the state’s chronic fiscal difficulties, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger — in person on the stump and via TV ad blitzes up and down